During our Child Blindness Programme and subsequent eye camps we noticed that approximately 50% of the schooling children we partnered had issues concerning their vision, and were in need of glasses. The lack of awareness among children and their caregivers also played a role in affecting their everyday school performance. As the target communities we worked with in the past are but a small segment of the entire schooling population in the district, we propose to run regular mobile medical camps that frequent schools on a rotational basis and provide free check-ups and distribute glasses among students that suffer from short\/long-sightedness.<\/p>\n

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During our Child Blindness Programme and subsequent eye camps we noticed that approximately 50% of the schooling children we partnered had issues concerning their vision, and were in need of glasses. The lack of awareness among children and their caregivers also played a role in affecting their everyday school performance. As the target communities we
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